• Kalamata ∙ November 1, 2025
Start times: 18:00 & 19:30
Kalamata Dance Hall, Main Stage
Admission is free. Seats will be allocated on a first-come, first-served basis.
Interested participants may register from October 23 to October 31 via email at: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. and obtain information regarding the participation process by calling: +30 27210 83086 & +30 27211 80868 (Monday to Friday, 10:00–13:00).

Within the framework of the two-year memorandum of cooperation with the Municipality of Kalamata and the Faris Municipal Enterprise.

• Thebes ∙ February 8, 2026
Stories to Cry or Laugh About
Start times: 11:00 and 12:30
Thebes Conference Center – ARMONIA Hall
Advance booking is required exclusively through TicketServices from January 30, 2026 at 12:00.

• Tinos ∙ April 25 & 26, 2026
Stories to Cry or Laugh About – 25/04 at 19:00
By Chance – 26/04 at 12:00
Tinos Cultural Foundation
Admission is free. Seats will be allocated on a first-come, first-served basis.

• Anogeia, Crete ∙ May 16, 2026
Stories to Cry or Laugh About
Start time: 12:00 – “Archaia Axos” Café – Axos
Start time: 17:00 – Cultural Organization – Workshop for Culture, Innovation and Research – Anogeia
Free admission for the public with entry passes distributed exclusively through TicketServices from May 7, 2026 at 12:00.

• Livadia, Crete ∙ May 17, 2026
By Chance
Start time: 12:00 – Cultural Organization – Workshop for Culture, Innovation and Research – Anogeia
Start time: 17:00 – Events Hall of the Cultural Association of Livadia Residents – Livadia
Free admission for the public with entry passes distributed exclusively through TicketServices from May 7, 2026 at 12:00.

Educational programme

Music, libretto, conductor: Alexandros Mouzas
Stage direction, set, and costume coordination: Anna-Moscha Kambosou
Sound design, sound engineering: Giannis Sygletos, Kostas Gemistos

Effie Papadopoulou soprano
Paris Paraskevadis tenor
Christos Rammopoulos baritone

Odysseas Siozopoulos clarinet
Giannis Nina violoncello
George Kosmas-Petrantis piano

Featuring choral and instrumental ensembles as well as sports and arts groups from the fifteen cities of the tour

Music theatre

Tour Schedule:
15 November 2025 – Municipal Theatre of Volos “Vangelis Papathanasiou”
Evening performances at 17.00 & 20.00

18 November 2025 – Municipal and Regional Theatre of Kozani
Morning performances at 09.00 & 11.00

20 November 2025 – Giannitsa Cultural Centre
Morning performances at 10.00 & 11.30

22 November 2025 – Arts Centre, Veria
Morning performances at 10.30 & 12.30

25 November 2025 – Municipal and Regional Theatre of Serres
Morning performances at 09.30 & 12.00

27 November 2025 – Antigoni Valakou Theatre, Kavala
Morning performances at 09.30 & 11.30

29 November 2025 – Komotini Concert Hall
Morning performances at 10.00 & 12.30

Tour Schedule:
4 November 2025 – Kalamata Dance Megaron – Main Stage
Morning performances for schools at 9.30 & 11.00

> Schools can apply to attend the performance from 23 to 31 October by emailing This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.. For more information about the application process, please contact the numbers 2721083086 & 2721180868 (10.00-13.00, Monday-Friday).

6 November 2025 – Malliaropoulio Theatre of Tripoli
Morning performances at 10.00 & 12.00

8 November 2025 – Municipal Theatre of Kiato
Morning performances at 10.00 & στις 12.00

11 November 2025 – Trikala Municipality Cultural Centre
Morning performances at 09.00 & 11.00

13 November 2025 – Municipal Conservatory of Larissa
Morning performances at 09.30 & 11.30

Score restored and adapted for chamber ensemble by Michalis Papapetrou
Stage direction: Natasha Triantafylli
Music coach: Nicolas Vassiliou
Dramaturgy, adaptation: Elena Triantafyllopoulou
Sets, costumes: Tina Tzoka
Movement: Dimitra Mitropoulou
Lighting design: Christos Tziogkas

Varonas: Dimitris Sigalos • Latroudis: Vangelis Maniatis • Mrs Latroudis: Julia Souglakou • Anna: Chrissa Maliamani • Adrianos: Nicolas Maraziotis • Rita: Marisia Papalexiou • Dimosthenis: Antonis Kyriakakis

Featuring the musicians: Ilias Skordilis (clarinet), Dionysis Vervitsiotis (violin), Dimitris Tigkas (double bass), Konstantinos Zigkeridis (bayan)

Operetta • A Greek National Opera Alternative Stage production

Tour Schedule:
6 September 2025 – Petrokaravo, Vrontados (Chios Festival) |  18.30

Point of No Return – Choreography, costume coordination: Ioannis Mandafounis
Music: Giorgos Koumendakis
Dancers
Manex Alberdi, Yannis Gantsios, Elena Kekkou, Yannis Mitrakis, Marta Rivero de Miranda, Marita Nikolitsa, Daniele Pecorari, Stefano Pietragalla, Eleftheria Stamou, Yorgos Hatzopoulos, Despina Chrysostomou

Les Nuits d’été – Choreography, set: Konstantinos Rigos
Music: Hector Berlioz
Verses: Théophile Gautier
Costumes: Deux Hommes
Dancers
Vangelis Bikos, Manex Alberdi, Yannis Gantsios, Elena Kekkou, Yannis Mitrakis, Marita Nikolitsa, Stefano Pietragalla, Eleftheria Stamou, Despina Chrysostomou

Free admission

22 November 2025 – Kalamata Dance Megaron – Main Stage
Starts at: 21.00

Boléro – Choreography: Konstantinos Rigos
Music: Maurice Ravel
Collaborating costume designer: Tota Pritsa
 Lighting design: Christos Tziogkas

Featuring the GNO Ballet Principal Dancer Vangelis Bikos

Point of No Return – Choreography, costume coordination: Ioannis Mandafounis
Music: Giorgos Koumendakis
Lighting design: Christos Tziogkas

Dancers:
Elena Kekkou, Marita Nikolitsa, Areti Noti, Eleftheria Stamou, Despina Chrysostomou, Manex Alberdi, Yannis Gantsios, Yannis Mitrakis, Daniele Pecorari, Stefano Pietragalla, Yorgos Hatzopoulos

Les Nuits d’été – Choreography: Konstantinos Rigos
Music: Hector Berlioz
Lighting design: Christos Tziogkas

Dancers:
Vangelis Bikos, Elena Kekkou, Despina Chrysostomou, Marita Nikolitsa, Eleftheria Stamou, Manex Alberdi, Yannis Gantsios, Stefano Pietragalla, Yannis Mitrakis

> To attend the performance, free priority vouchers will be available at www.ticketservices.gr. Tickets will be distributed starting on Monday, 17 November at 12.00. Each audience member may receive up to two tickets per performance.

Dance • GNO Ballet

Tour Schedule:
6 September 2025 – Petrokaravo, Vrontados (Chios Festival) |  18.30
22 November 2025 – Kalamata Dance Megaron

Music: Giuseppe Verdi
Original libretto: Francesco Maria Piave
Musical adaptation: Lina Zachari
Text: Dimitris Dimopoulos, Alexandros Melissinos
Lyric translation: Dimitris Dimopoulos

Cast: Manos Kokkonis, Giannis Selitsaniotis, Marilena Striftombola, Dimitra Kotidou (28, 29/6/2026)
Shadow puppeteer: Alexandros Melissinos
Karagiozis΄assistant: Marina Christi

Christos Sakellaridis (29, 30/8/2025), Markos Kotsias (25, 27/11 2025 & 28, 29/6. 20/7 2026), Marilena Souri (25, 27/11/2025) piano

Shadow Puppet Opera • A Greek National Opera Alternative Stage production

Tour Schedule:
22 July 2025 – Kalamata Port, Dock | 22.30

Epilogue is curated by: Yorghos Matskaris, Head of Studies of the GNO Professional Dance School
Coordination, rehearsal supervision: Alkistis Lala, Zeta Theodorelou, Komi Kloukina
Technical supervision: Vaso Papadopoulou 
Costume coordination (costumes taken from the GNO wardrobe department): Ira Karagouni
Sound manager: Giorgos Rekoutis

Skipping on Stardust – Choreography: Ermira Goro
Assistant to the choreographer / Rehearsal supervisor: Iro Konti • Music: Franz Schubert, 2. Andante con moto from the String Quartet No. 14 in D minor, D.810 (Death and the Maiden) – performed by the Alban Berg Quartet (ABQ) & Beats Pliz, Happy Days in C Minor feat. Lex • Lighting design: Dimitris Koutas
Featuring students from the GNO Professional Dance School

Dive – Choreography: Edouard Hue
Musical composition: Jonathan Soucasse • Lighting design: Arnaud Viala • Lighting supervision: Dimitris Koutas • Dramaturgical input: Hugo Roux • Rehearsal managers: Jaewon Jung, Alison Adnet
Featuring students from the GNO Professional Dance School

Contemporary dance diptych

Tour Schedule:
22 July 2025 – Kalamata Port, Dock | 22.30

Direction, choreography: Frauke Requardt & David Rosenberg
Design: Hannah Clark
Sound design & composition: Ben & Max Ringham • Lighting design: Malcolm Rippeth
Rehearsal manager (The Place): Valentina Formenti
Musician: Jack Baker • Assistants to the choreographers: Rachel Bowen, Dimitra Laoudi (GNO Ballet)

Driver: Florian-Michalis Pappas / Ektor Bollano • Driver’s voice: John Tsemperlidis • Alien: Eleftheria Stamou, Stefano Pietragalla, Yorgos Hatzopoulos / Manex Alberdi, Marita Nikolitsa, Kaito Takahashi / Elton Dimrochi, Areti Noti, Zoi Schoinoplokaki

Tour Schedule:
22 July 2025 – Nafplion – Port Pier Π | 21.00
23 July 2025 – Xylokastro – Evrostini, Concert Venue inside the Wooden Park | 21.00
24 July 2025 – Tripoli, Areos Square | 21.00
25 July 2025 – Kalamata, Port – Dock| 22.30
26 July 2025 – Pylos, Pier of the Port of Pylos| 21.00
27 July 2025 – Ancient Olympia, Parking lot underneath the Museum of the History of the Olympic Games| 21.00

Dance 

Concept, stage director, texts, lighting design: Michalis Angelidis
Music, sound design: Nikos Sotirelis
Set & costume designer, custom fabrication: Aphrodite Psychouli

Cast: Michalis Angelidis, Dimitris Galanakis

Female chorus Isidora Deli, Doxa Glava, Angeliki Papagiannopoulou, Astero Pappa, Angeliko Paradeisianou, Elia Verganelaki

Festival
Starts at: 21.00

Duration: 70 minutes

Rodez Theatre Group

Text: Chronis Missios 
Stage directors: Sonia Kalaitzidou, Marios Kritikopoulos
Dramaturgs: Sonia Kalaitzidou, Rodez Group
Music, on-stage musician: Nikitas Kissonas
Movement director Nikolas: Chatzivasileiadis
Set & lighting designer: Vasilis Apostolatos
Costume designer: Alexandra–Anastasia Ftouli
Mask construction Dimitra Kaisari

Cast: Marios Kritikopoulos, Anthi Savvaki, Electra Sarri, Nikos Yalelis

Festival
Starts at:  19.30
Duration: 70 minutes

Concept, stage director, set & lighting designer: Vasilis Apostolatos
Dramaturg: Zoe Xanthopoulou
Music: Michalis Paraskakis

Cast: Danai-Arsenia Filidou, Anastasis Georgoulas

Festival
Starts at: 18.00

Duration: 70 minutes

Artistic curator: Marinos Tranoudakis

CONCERTS

Wednesday, 1 July 2026

Electrolytes
Christos Vigos, Menios Gounaris, Panagiotis Bourazanis, Vangelis Paraskevaidis

GNO Alternative Stage – SNFCC • Starts at: 22.00 | Free admission upon priority vouchers

Sarayān
Ruven Ruppik, Khalil Khoury, Tony Roe

GNO Alternative Stage – SNFCC • Starts at: 20.30 | Ticket prices: €12, €15 • Students, children: €10

The Timpani Project
Marinos Tranoudakis, Nikolas Prevezianos, Melos Brass

GNO Alternative Stage – SNFCC • Starts at: 19.00 | Free admission upon priority vouchers

Thursday, 2 July 2026

Benny Greb Trio
Benny Greb, Jan Yanochkin, Ralph Klinzmann

GNO Alternative Stage –SNFCC • Starts at: 21.00 | Ticket prices: €12, €15 • Students, children: €10

Black Mountain
Alexej Gerassimez

GNO Alternative Stage – SNFCC • Starts at: 19.00 | Ticket prices: €12, €15 • Students, children: €10

Friday, 2 July 2026

Ritmos de Cuba
Rosanna Mailan

GNO Alternative Stage – SNFCC • Starts at: 20.30 | Ticket prices: €12, €15 • Students, children: €10

PERFORMATIVE INSTALLATION

b(l)alloon
Blip Inclusive Multisensory Project
GNO Alternative Stage – SNFCC • 3 July 2026 • Starts at: 18.00 | Free admission

WORKSHOPS

Wednesday, 1 July 2026

Between Traditions: Rhythmic Language in a Hybrid Set of Percussion

Ruven Ruppik

Rehearsal Hall of the GNO Orchestra– SNFCC • Starts at: 12.00 | Free admission

Exploring the Art of Jazz Improvisation– A Development Method
Vangelis Paraskevaidis

Rehearsal Hall of the GNO Orchestra– SNFCC • Starts at: 13.30 | Free admission

Thursday, 2 July 2026

From Good to Great: The Five Components of Musicality in Drums
Benny Greb

GNO Alternative Stage – SNFCC • Starts at: 12.00 | Participation fee: €10

Percussion masterclass
Alexej Gerassimez
Rehearsal Hall of the GNO Orchestra – SNFCC • Starts at: 14.00 | Free admission

Friday, 3 July 2026

Cuban percussion and rhythms
Carlos Menendez
Rehearsal Hall of the GNO Orchestra  – SNFCC • Starts at: 12.00 | Free admission

b(l)alloon
Blip Inclusive Sensory Project

GNO Alternative Stage – SNFCC • Starts at: 15.00 | Free admission

Tickets are available at the GNO Box Office (daily 9.00-21.00 | 2130885700) and www.ticketservices.gr

Festival

Greek National Opera Alternative Stage – SNFCC

Works by Jean-Luc Hervé, Victor Ibarra, Giorgos Koumendakis, Zosha Di Castri, Gérard Pesson, Yvett Jackson, Alireza Farhang

Ensemble Mêtis:  Daniel Gloger (countertenor), Keiko Murakami (flute), Alberto Chaves (saxophone), Violaine Darmon (violin), Yona Zekri (viola), Justine Péré (violoncello), Noé Constant (double bass), Stephanos Thomopoulos (piano)

Concert
Greek National Opera Alternative Stage – SNFCC

Starts at: 20.30

Running time: approximately 95 minutes, including intermission

Zesses Seglias
… a drop on my fingers, two lips as a fuzz, a sun on our heads (is the pattern)
Ensemble KNM Berlin: Rebecca Lenton (flute), Theo Nabicht (bass clarinet, contrabass clarinet), Theodore Flindell (violin), Kirstin Maria Pientka (viola), Cosima Gerhardt (violoncello), Jonathan Heilbron (double bass), Michael Weilacher (percussion)

Ana Maria Rodriguez, Juan-Felipe Waller
... make beauty out of debris...
Ana Maria Rodriguez, Juan-Felipe Waller (analog and digital electronics, props), Thomas Bruns (sound, video)

Concert
Greek National Opera Alternative Stage – SNFCC

Starts at: 20.30

Running time: approximately 60 minutes, 10-minute intermission

Programme

Joseph Papadatos (b. 1960)

Aénaa – Eternal Cycles, opus 20 (1985)

1. Dark Light
2. Nocturnal Invasion
3. Circular Narratives

World premiere

In the Light of Hope, opus 112 (2022, revision 2024)

miniature suite
— I
— II
World premiere

— III
World premiere

Nocturnal Echoes, opus 105 (2015, revision 2025)
Everything Flows, opus 106 (2018)
Anadyomene (Rising from the Sea), opus 108 (2016)
Reactivate, opus 111 (2022)

Christina Paneli piano

- Welcome address by composer, musicologist and Professor at the Department of Music Studies of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens Minas I. Alexiadis

- Introductory address by composer, musicologist and Professor at the Department of Music Studies of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens Theodore Karathodoros

Concert
Greek National Opera Alternative Stage – SNFCC

Starts at: 20.30

 Running time: approximately 65 minutes, no intermission

Music: Antonis Anissegos, Michael Wertmüller
Stage director, concept: Sven Holm
Conductor: Vicente Larrañaga
Costume designer: Regine Standfuß
Associate set designer: Flóra Kruppa
Lighting design: Christos Tziogkas
Video designer: Mirko Borscht
Dramaturg, concept: Malte Ubenauf

Sarah Defrise, Rosemary Hardy sopranos
Renae Shadler performer

Palaio Faliro Municipality's Friendship Club Choir (for senior citizens)
Music coach and mistress of the Palaio Faliro Municipality's Friendship Club Choir (for senior citizens) Katerina Vasilikou

Children’s Chorus of the Greek National Opera, as part of its educational mission
Music coach and mistress of the GNO Children’s Chorus: Konstantina Pitsiakou

First- and second-year students of the Athens Conservatoire Professional Dance School
Director of the Athens Conservatoire Professional Dance School Lila Zafiropoulou

dissonArt ensemble: Jannis Anissegos (flute), Alexandros Stavridis (clarinet), Thodoris Patsalidis (violin), Vasilis Saitis (violoncello), Kostas Argyropoulos (percussion), Lenio Liatsou (piano)

Hayden Chisholm (saxophone), Chris Dahlgren (electric bass, guitar, voice), Eric Schaefer (drums), Antonis Anissegos/Jacopo Salvatori keyboards

Philharmonic Orchestra of the Municipality of Chalandri
Artistic and musical director of the Philharmonic Orchestra of the Municipality of Chalandri Kostas Ioannidis

Music theatre • Greek premiere
Greek National Opera Alternative Stage – SNFCC

With fragments from Antonio Vivaldi’s Four Seasons, Renaissance carnival music, among others

Starts at: 20.30 (Sunday: 19.30)

Running time: approximately 90 minutes, no intermission

Music: Martin Matalon
Libretto: Alfredo Arias
Direction, choreography: Alfredo Arias, Diana Theocharidis
Costume designer: Chloe Obolensky
Lighting designer: Tasos Palaioroutas
Sound design: Rémi Le Taillandier

Raoule de Vénérande: Clara Barbier-Serrano
The narrator: Diana Theocharidis
Body: Odysseas Petrakis

Anthony Millet accordion, accordina

Based on Rachilde’s novel of the same name

Opera • New production • World premiere
Greek National Opera Alternative Stage – SNFCC

Starts at: 20.30 (Sunday: 19.30)

Running time: approximately 70 minutes, no intermission

Libretto: Eleni Zafiriou
Music, conductor: Alkis Baltas
Stage director: Angela-Kleopatra Saroglou
Set & costume designer: Yiannis Katranitsas
Lighting designer: Christos Tziogkas
Video designer: Vasilis Kehagias

Giordano Bruno: Tassis Christoyannis
Voice of Consciousness: Marisia Papalexiou

Vocal ensemble
Christos Amvrazis, Paris Dimatsas, Yannis Kavouras, Nikos Masourakis, Philippos Vazakas, Dimos Vlachos

Featuring a three-member instrumental ensemble  
Triantafyllos Loukas violin
Asterios Pouftis cello
Thalia Athaniti piano, harpsichord, organ

Music courtesy of Alkis Baltas.

Opera • New production • Premiere
Greek National Opera Alternative Stage – SNFCC

Starts at: 20.30 (Sunday: 19.30)

Running time: approximately 80 minutes, no intermission

With Greek subtitles

Greek translation: Ioanna Meitani
Music: Kharálampos Goyós
Stage director: Savvas Stroumpos
Set & costume designer: Katerina Papageorgiou
Lighting designer: Kostas Bethanis
Dramaturgical consultant: Maria Sikitano

Cast: Evelyn Assouad, Elpiniki Marapidi, Rosy Monaki, Stavros Papadopoulos

Musicians from the Ergon Ensemble
Kostas Tzekos clarinet
Andreas-Roland Theodorou trombone
Vasilis Soukas violin
Pericles Sioundas accordion, vocalist

Music theatre • New production • National Premiere
Greek National Opera Alternative Stage – SNFCC

Starts at: 20.30 (Sunday: 19.30)

Running time: approximately 120 minutes, no intermission
With English surtitles

Text: Julie Gilbert, Anna Lemonaki
Stage director: Anna Lemonaki
Dramaturg: Adina Secretan, Katerina Andreou
Music: Myrsini Pontikopoulou-Venieri, Nikos Tsolis
Choreographers: Katerina Andreou, Anna Lemonaki, Chara Kotsali, Emmanouela Korki
Set designer: Neda Loncarevic
Costume designer: Severine Besson
Lighting designers: Renato Campora, Alexandre Bryand

Scientific collaborator: Thomas Jammet
Technical collaborators on climbing: Théo Chambert, Severin Domela
Lighting technician: Sébastien Babel
Sound Engineer: Benjamin Vicq
Lighting Engineer: Jean Sottas
Set & costume construction: Ateliers de la Comédie de Genève (Aline Courvoisier, Fanny Buchs)
Costume painting: Valérie Margot

Production management: Samuel Schmidiger – Bleu en Haut Bleu en Bas Group

Performers: Panagiotis Christakos, Severin Domela, Julie Gilbert, Emmanouela Korki, Chara Kotsali, Anna Lemonaki, Myrsini Pontikopoulou-Venieri, Nikos Tsolis

Theatre / Dance • Greek premiere
Greek National Opera Alternative Stage – SNFCC

Starts at: 20.30 (Sunday: 19.30)

Running time: approximately 1 hour and 50 minutes

Original libretto: Domenico Gilardoni

Adaptation: Sofia Paschou, in collaboration with the team
Direction: Sofia Paschou
Musical text adaptation, musical dramaturgy consultant: Kharálampos Goyós
Dramaturgy: Katerina Mavrogeorgi
Sets, costumes: Claire Bracewell
Lighting design: Sofia Alexiadou
Voice-over scoring: Christos Sakellaridis

Opera • New production
Greek National Opera Alternative Stage – SNFCC

Starts at: 20.30 (Sunday: 19.30)

Running time: approximately 95 minutes
No intermission

Text: Mark Ravenhill
Direction, translation: Giorgos Skevas
Original score, musical supervision: Simi Tsilali
Set, costumes: Υiannis Katranitsas
Lighting design: Christos Tziogkas

Ben: Aris Balis 
Imo: Angeliki Papathemeli

Featuring the GNO Children’s Chorus, as part of its educational mission
Children’s chorus mistress: Konstantina Pitsiakou

GNO Children’s Chorus
Melina Asteriadi, Zoe Balioukou, Dimitra Bereti, Stathis-Maximos Bikoulis, Vasileios Βoutas, Vasiliki Chadio, Margarita Dokouzi, Rafaela Dokouzi, Marietta Gerakari, Aggelina Istaurioglou, Daphne Kampoukou, Athina Katsari, Ira-Georgia Konsta, Konstantina Korompili, Xenia Kostopoulou, Ioanna-Maria Kyriaki-Bitzarou, Pari Ladakakou, Iakovos Meletios, Ioanna-Maria Mouka, Sofia Panou, Lyda Perraki, Eirini Petrokokkinou, Theodoros Rackham, Dimitra Schiza, Vasiliki Sinanoglou, Eudokia Sklaveniti, Yvonni Sofaki, Olga Sofogianni, Eirini Spinou, Pelenope Stergianou, Lydia Tsoumou

Theatre • New production • Greek premiere
Greek National Opera Alternative Stage – SNFCC

Starts at: 20.30 (Sunday: 19.30)

With English surtitles

Running time: approximately 120 minutes, including intermission

Works by Alkis Baltas, Giannis Giannakos, Jürgen Golle, Petros Klampanis, Miklós Kocsár, Suzanne Konings, Jaakko Mäntyjärvi, Martha Mavroidi, Margarita Papadimitriou, Max Reger, Christos Samaras, Veljo Tormis, Angelos Triantafyllou, Pēteris Vasks, Giuseppe Verdi

Choirmasters László Norbert Nemes, Eirini Patsea, Irene Verburg

Concert
Greek National Opera Alternative Stage – SNFCC

Starts at: 20.30

Duration ca 70 min.
No intermission

Works by Guízar, Glière, Verdi, Villa-Lobos, Piazzola, Rimsky-Korsakov, Rossini, Jones, Chapí, Handel

Musical direction: Stathis Soulis
Maria Kosovitsa soprano
Yannis Christopoulos tenor
Dionysios Sourbis baritone

Gr Echo Brass Ensemble: Kostas Nikas, Dionysis Agalianos, Alexandros Mavropoulos, Nikos Sarris trumpets, Christos Kaloudis, Nikolas Kaloudis horn, Spyros Farouggias, Stavros Klavanidis, Giannis Kaikis, Ioannis Kokkoris trombones, Konstantinos Aslanidis tuba, Panagiotis Ziavras percussion

The concert will begin with an opening address given by Gerasimos Ioannidis

Orchestration of lyrical and operatic excerpts: Spyros Mavropoulos

Concert
Greek National Opera Alternative Stage – SNFCC

Starts at: 19.30
Duration: approximately 120 minutes, including intermission

Admission will be free upon priority vouchers, which will be distributed starting Monday, 3 November 2025 at 12.00, exclusively via ticketservices.gr

Concept, stage director: Kostas Papakostopoulos
Text: Fink Kleidheu
Sets, costumes: Zezo Dinekov
Music: Tasos Stamou
Video designer: John Seidler
Lighting designer: Thomas Mörl
Mask construction: Birgit Riedl

Pythia: Lisa Sophie Kusz

Theatre
Alternative Stage Founding Donor – SNFCC

Starts at: 20.30
Duration:  75 minutes
No intermission

With Greek surtitles

Artistic curator of the GNO’s Composition Workshop Cycle: Tassos Rossopoulos
Assistant to the artistic curator: Ioannis Angelakis

Pieces by Ioannis Angelakis, Giorgos Vavoulas, Kharálampos Goyós, Margarita Ermidou, Pavlos Katsivelis, Giorgos Koumendakis, Maro Konstantinopoulou, Periklis Liakakis, Iason Maroulis, Ismini Beck, Minas Borboudakis, Joseph Papadatos, Errikos Sidiropoulos-Velidis, Dimitris Terzakis, Nicolas Tzortzis, Dimitra Trypani, Andreas Tsiartas    

Musical direction: Nicolas Vassiliu
Performing: Niki Lada soprano, Christos Kechris tenor

Featuring the Ergon Ensemble: Nikos Nikopoulos flute, Kostas Tzekos clarinet, Manos Ventouras horn, Spyros Arkoudis trumpet, Andreas-Rolandos Theodorou   trombone, Kostas Panagiotidis, Vasilis Soukas, Dimitra Triantafyllou violin, Krystalia Gaitanou viola, Alexandros Botinis, Dimitris Travlos violoncello, Nikos Tsoukalas contrabass, Babis Taliadouros percussion, Stefanos Nasos, Christos Sakellaridis  piano

Participating choral ensemble (11/10): Nikos Ziaziaris, Christos Thanos, Marianna Kavallieratou, Valia Karagiorga, Maro Konstantinopoulou, Faidon Miliadis, Iro Bezou, Giorgos Nikopoulos, Dimitra Trypani, Dorita Chorafa

Concert
Greek National Opera Alternative Stage – SNFCC

Starts at: 20.30 (Sunday: 19.30)
Duration: approximately 105 minutes (single consert), including intermission 

Admission will be free upon priority vouchers, which will be distributed starting Monday, 6 October 2025 at 12.00, exclusively via ticketservices.gr

Concept, choreographer: Jiorgos Christakis
Music: Kostas Livadas
Visual artist: Ira Brami
Lighting designer: Giorgos Karakoulakis

Dancers: Tanya Vasdari, Elena Vakali, Teresa Brunetti, Giorgia Bruno, Marta Calusso, Konstantina Kastellou, Anastasis Kolovos, Eleni Kontzila, Roy Ilagou, Ludovica Righetti, Mariza Terzopoulou, Sotiris Tachtsoglou, Eva Zorziou, Jiorgos Christakis

Antonis Kafetzopoulos, Yorgos Karamihos 
Kostas Livadas piano
Andriana Babali (21/9), Sofia Christakakou guitar, voice

With the participation of Elli Bogiaki, Atalanti Mouzouri, Eirini Zachara, Christos Kypriotis, Maria Konstadaki, Anna Fonsou (21/9), Christos Karnavas, Giannis Chaldaios, Alexis Martzoukos, Alekos Blaze

Dance

Greek National Opera Alternative Stage – SNFCC

Starts at: 20.30 (Sunday: 19.30)

Admission will be free with priority vouchers, which will be exclusively available through ticketservices.gr/en, starting on 15 September 2025 at 12:00

Duration: 120 minutes
No intermission